How to Draw Manga Characters
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Do you want to draw manga characters?
Have you always wanted to have a go at drawing manga characters? Do you look at those cool characters and think, "I wish I could draw those!"
Well, I'm going to show you the best websites and techniques for drawing manga characters online.
If it's always been a little dream of yours to draw manga, now you can fulfil it!
Picture: lhlqzhuge on Flickr
Well, I'm going to show you the best websites and techniques for drawing manga characters online.
If it's always been a little dream of yours to draw manga, now you can fulfil it!
Picture: lhlqzhuge on Flickr
What is manga?
A lot of people don't really know what manga is, so before we go any further, let me explain "manga" to you.Manga is a cognate of the Chinese manhua, and consists of comics and print cartoons. Manga is in the Japanese language and conforms to the style developed in Japan in the 19th century.
The modern manga dates from shortly after World War II, but they have a long and more complex history in earlier Japanese art.
Taken from Wikipedia
Picture: "Little Chibi" from elfwood.com
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Manga University
At Manga University, you can learn Japanese, cooking, and of course, how to draw manga.They have tutorials which show you how to draw the backgrounds, the faces, hair, eyes, ears and noses all separately, and then you can put them all together!
Manga University is the best place to visit to learn how to draw manga.
Picture: Diasy Parker on elfwood.com
“Manga are so cool and such fun to draw!”
Drawing Now
They say, "If you've ever wanted to learn how to draw manga, this is the site for you!"
What more can you ask for?
Clear, easy steps are given and shown for sketching, drawing and colouring your manga characters.
Picture: Billy Shield on elfwood.com. This was his first attempt at a manga.
How To Draw Manga Series
There is a series of books on "How to Draw Manga". Although they were originally written in Japanese for the Japanese market, they have been translated into English and are now available to buy in the USA.
To read more about "How to Draw Manga", go to How to Draw Manga on Wikipedia.
Picture: Juan Ramon Godoy
How to Draw Manga Volume 1 : Compiling Characters
Amazon Price: $18.50 (as of 02/22/2012)
What customers have said:
"This book is a wonderful start-to-finish guide for drawing manga."
"It gives you very good information on figure-drawing, how to render expressions, proportioning for different types of characters."
All these series are available on Amazon.
How To Draw Manga: Ultimate Manga Lessons Volume 2: The Basics Of Characters And Materials (How to Draw Manga (Graphic-Sha Numbered)) (V. 2)
Amazon Price: $48.00 (as of 02/22/2012)
What customers have said:
"I highly suggest this book to anyone. Each book that I have gotten from the Ultimate Manga lessons I have been extremely pleased with. If you want to draw great manga, these are the books for you!."
Watching video tutorials are a great way of learning how to draw Manga!
More links, more sites, more manga!
- How to Draw Manga Bodies, Step by Step, Anime Females, Anime, Draw Japanese Anime, Draw Manga
- How to Draw Manga Bodies, Anime Females, Anime, Draw Japanese Anime, Draw Manga free step-by-step drawing tutorial will teach you in easy-to-draw-steps how to draw "How to Draw Manga Bodies" online., Added by Dawn, October 2, 2009, 4:37:45 pm
- Sketch Heroes
- Learn how to draw manga and anime at Sketch Heroes.
- Manga and Mangas - Learn how to draw Manga - Manga Drawing Course and Forum on mangaka.co.uk
- The Source for Manga Fans and Manga Artists Online
- How to draw Manga - PaigeeDraw!
- How to draw Manga! Paigeedraw helps you learn how to draw Manga! This site provides countless tutorials to help you learn to draw! Included are how to draw manga characters, how to draw manga faces, how to draw Chibis, how to draw hands, how to draw eyes, how to draw clothing and fashions, how to dr
- Otaku World! How To Draw Anime and Manga
- For the best of anime and manga software.
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madigan
Feb 18, 2012 @ 6:20 am | delete
- It looks so simple!
my only question is do you need special types of drawing pencils?
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gypsykitschpress
Feb 13, 2012 @ 8:19 pm | delete
- This is really helpful. I've bookmarked this lens so I can come back and read it again and give the instructions a try.
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sherridan
Feb 11, 2012 @ 1:47 pm | delete
- How fab! My daughter is dying to try - I have sent her the link
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Wordwinder
Feb 7, 2012 @ 10:07 pm | delete
- Yes... your lens has got me interested!
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tarpius
Feb 6, 2012 @ 12:58 pm | delete
- Multiple clone jutsu!!!.Now I'am Able to say a lot of thanks for this tutorial.
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